Lexicographical Neighbors of Quyte
Literary usage of Quyte
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"Quit it used in the same sense by Shakspeare. To quyte, vn I. To skate, to use
skates for moving on ice, ..."
2. The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: A New Text with Illustrative Notes by Geoffrey Chaucer (1851)
"... hirself for to quyte. De Petro Hispanie rege. 15850 0 nohle Petro, the glori
of Spayne, ... quyte ..."
3. The Historie of the Kirk of Scotland: Containing a Supplement of the by John Row, William Row (1842)
"Thrie men entred in ane oath and covenant to goe to London by the high-road-way ;
and not to quyte that way, either for terror or allurement; yet, ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"This is merely an adverbial use of the ME adj. quyte, now spelt quit. Thus the
sense is • freely,' hence ' entirely.' See Quit. QUITE, entirely. ..."
5. The Paston Letters 1422-1509 A.D.: A Reprint of the Edition of 1872-5 by James Gairdner (1900)
"... like to lese more herafter, by cause he is not of poer to quyte hem oute ;
the seyd ... quyte ..."
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